I came into contact with Wendy, who owns Dibbus B&B on walking distance to the city centre of The Hague, My friend W surprised me by saying she had never stayed in a B&B before, so I thought it was about time. And I must say: it was so much more than just a Bed and Breakfast, because basically we had the entire ground floor to ourselves, which consisted of a large living room, a kitchen, bedroom, toilet and bathroom.
De inrichting was licht, met allemaal mooie (handgemaakte, zo kwamen we achter) meubelen en accessoires in fijne zomerse kleurtjes. Dat we een klein tuintje hadden, waar we konden genieten was een wijntje, was natuurlijk helemaal fijn. Want we hadden best goed weer. 's Ochtends stond er een enorm ontbijt klaar in de koelkast met allemaal biologische en regionale producten. Best een goed begin van de dag!

The interior design was light and decorated with (handmade, so we found out) fourniture and accessorized with lovely light items in summer colors. Big plus was the little garden, so we could enjoy a glass of wine at the end of the afternoon, since it turned out to be quite a lovely day afterall. In the morning there was a huge breakfast waiting for us in the fridge, consisting of organic and regional goodies. Now, that's a way to start the day.

I did stay in B&B's before (like in Antwerp) and one of the things I love about that is the owner giving you some personal recommendations, like that little coffee place you wouldn't be able to find by yourself. Wendy kindly pointed us towards her favorite lunch spot in the area: De Overkant. A small café, with a terrace in a little park. What a great place, and a lovely lunch too.
Maar we deden ook echt nog wel wat cultureels hoor! Zo bezochten we het nieuwe Mauritshuis en zeiden hallo tegen het Meisje met de Parel (ben ik trouwens die zich ergert aan toeristen die MET flits foto's van eeuwenoude meesterwerken maken? Mag ook niet eens trouwens), liepen we over het binnenhof en zwaaide nog even maar Premier Rutte, die volgens mij z'n veldbedje in het torentje heeft staan op het moment.

But we also did cultural things, like going to the Mauritshuis where we said hello Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl earring. I got slightly annoyed with tourists taking pictures (with flash!) of these 600 year old Rembrandt's and Vermeer's! Don't they know it's not allowed and really bad for those master pieces? We also walked along the houses of the Dutch parlement and waved to our prime minister as we were pretty shure he camps out in his office these days as he's so busy.
Op zondag vielen we met onze neuzen in de boter. Niet alleen was de sale pas begonnen, het was ook Swan Market op het Kerkplein. Heerlijk wandelen langs vintage en handgemaakte spulletjes, foodtrucks en gezellige muziek. We aten Portugees bij Bliss en scoorden nog wat nieuwe topjes in de uitverkoop, niet verkeerd!

We were quite lucky on Sunday as not only had the summer sales just begon, we also stumbled upon handmade market Swan Market on the square near the church. It was lovely to browse through handmade and vintage items, see what the food trucks had to offer and enjoy some live music. For lunch we had Portugese at Bliss ánd after that we scored some lovely new tops. Hurray!